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Exact Match:

chew the fat: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

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commune with collapse

chin collapse: the protruding part of the lower jaw; raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar

masticate collapse: grind and knead; "masticate rubber"

gnash collapse: grind together, of teeth

munch collapse: a large bite; "he tried to talk between munches on the sandwich"; Norwegian painter (1863-1944)

chomp collapse: chew noisily; "The boy chomped his sandwich"

bandy words collapse

communicate with collapse

chew out collapse

cuss out collapse

bawl out collapse

ruminate collapse: chew the cuds; "cows ruminate"

mineral oil collapse: a distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener)

tallow collapse: obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants

nibble collapse: gentle biting; eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"; bite gently; "The woman tenderly nibbled at her baby's ear"; bite off very small pieces; "She nibbled on her cracker"

lipid collapse: an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)

chew collapse: biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow; a wad of something chewable as tobacco; chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"

jack up collapse

ester collapse: formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water

champ collapse: chafe at the bit, like horses

ream collapse: a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires; a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"; enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"; remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"; squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges"

meditate collapse

gum collapse: any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying; exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"; become sticky; cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you gum the tape it is stronger"

sit on collapse

vegetable oil collapse: any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

lambaste collapse

gnaw collapse: bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"

ponder collapse

mumble collapse: a soft indistinct utterance; talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice; grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"

ventilate collapse: furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape; "The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space"; circulate through and freshen; "The gust of air ventilated the room"; expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage; "Wheat should be well ventilated"

wig collapse: hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair; British slang for a scolding

tell off collapse: reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"

converse collapse: a proposition obtained by conversion; turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"; of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"; carry on a conversation

introspect collapse: reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings

perpend collapse

think over collapse

contemplate collapse: consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"; look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel"

berate collapse

chat collapse: an informal conversation

cud collapse: food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again

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